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Vaughan—King—Aurora was a federal electoral riding in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004, and was a provincial electoral riding represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007.

Vaughan—King—Aurora

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1996
District abolished	2003
First contested	1997
Last contested	2000
Demographics
Population (2001)[1]	164,590
Electors (2000)[2]	98,805
Area (km²)[1]	494

Federal riding

The federal riding was created in 1996 as Vaughan—Aurora from parts of Markham, Oak Ridges, and York North ridings. It was subsequently renamed "Vaughan—King—Aurora".

It existed only for the 1997 and 2000 elections.

It was abolished in 2004, as ridings in York Region were redistributed due to its fast-growing population. The riding was redistributed into Newmarket—Aurora, Oak Ridges—Markham, and Vaughan ridings.

Provincial riding

The provincial riding of Vaughan—King—Aurora was created before the 1999 election when Ontario provincial electoral districts were redefined to be the same as the federal districts. Municipalities in this riding were previously in parts of York Centre (Vaughan) and York—Mackenzie (Newmarket, Aurora, King) ridings.

The riding was last held by Greg Sorbara, representing the Ontario Liberal Party in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Sorbara served as the Minister of Finance for the Cabinet of Ontario from 2003 to 2005, and from 2006 to 2007.

In 2007 the riding was abolished to match the boundaries of the federal ridings. The riding was redistributed into Newmarket—Aurora, Oak Ridges—Markham, and Vaughan ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Markham, Oak Ridges and York North
36th	1997–2000		Maurizio Bevilacqua	Liberal
37th	2000–2004
Riding dissolved into Vaughan, Newmarket—Aurora and Oak Ridges—Markham

Federal election results

1997 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurizio Bevilacqua	33,502
	Progressive Conservative	Lara Coombs	8,591
	Reform	Maralyn Hazelgrove	7,273
	New Democratic	Robert Navarretta	2,250
	Independent	Andrew James	524

2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurizio Bevilacqua	38,208
	Alliance	Adrian Visentin	9,757
	Progressive Conservative	Menotti Mazzuca	6,551
	New Democratic	Octavia Beckles	1,938
	No affiliation	Lesley Arden Knight	384

Provincial election results

2003 Ontario general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Greg Sorbara	36928	56.14	15.97
	Progressive Conservative	Carmine Iacono	21744	33.06	-21.64
	New Democratic	Mike Seaward	4697	7.14	4.22
	Green	Adrian Visentin	2412	3.67	2.73

1999 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Al Palladini	28836	54.7
	Liberal	Tony Genco	21173	40.17
	New Democratic	Michael Seaward	1539	2.92
	Libertarian	John W. Genser	670	1.27
	Green	Ernst von Bezold	495	0.94

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

External links

• Library of Parliament: Vaughan-King-Aurora federal riding information
• Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Greg Sorbara
• Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results
• CBC: Ontario Votes 2003 - Vaughan-King-Aurora Riding Profile

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